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Does Japanese have a way to do an implicit comparison using ほど or より? For
instance,

> Since they are cold, these cookies aren't as good.

Here, we don't specify as good as what? usual? other cookies? when they are
warm?

> 冷たいのでクッキーのほうが良くない


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Implicit comparison with ほど


There's the それほど construct for implicit comparisons.

> 冷めているので **それほど** 美味しくない


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If you want to make an implicit comparison, you can use それほど, literally "to
that extent":

> [冷]{つめ}たいから・[冷]{さ}めているから、それほど[美味]{おい}しくない
>
> "Since they are cold, they aren't delicious to that extent"

If you want to reference something specific, maybe yesterday's cookies, you
can say:

> [昨日]{きのう}ほど[美味]{おい}しくない
>
> "They aren't as delicious as yesterday"

Or even:

> 昨日[思]{おも}ったほど、美味しくない
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> "They aren't as delicious as I remember"


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